Amanda Gorman pens poem honoring Alex Pretti and the Minnesota community

[question everything]

For Alex Jeffrey Pretti
Murdered by I.C.E January 24, 2026
by Amanda Gorman

We wake with
no words, just woe
and wound. Our own country shooting
us in the back is not just brutal
ity; it's jarring betrayal; not enforcement,
but execution. A message: Love your people & you
will die. Yet our greatest threat isn't the outsiders
among us, but those among us who never look
within. Fear not the those without papers, but those
without conscience. Know that to care intensively,
united, is to carry both pain-dark horror for today
& a profound, daring hope for tomorrow. We can feel
we have nothing to give, & still belove this world wait
ing, trembling to change. If we cannot find words, may
we find the will; if we ever lose hope, may we never lose
our humanity. The only undying thing is mercy, the courage to open
ourselves like doors, hug our neighbor,
& save one more bright, impossible life.

https://thegrio.com/2026/01/26/amanda-gorman-pens-poem-honoring-alex-pretti-and-the-minnesota-community/

[Wicked Blue]

1. Breathtaking

K&R

[usonian]

2. Greatness is not measured in the power, money and fame we accumulate. It's measured in the good we do for others.

Amanda Gorman is a truly great person.

[Spazito]

3. Very moving...

she is a treasure.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. Thank you for posting this